Tornado Alley 

Significant Tornadoes of 1999

Date/Time

County/State
Damage Path Location

 Intensity PL PW Inj. Fat.
January 1
11:40pm CST		 Liberty/Jefferson TX
12 E-SE Devers - 2 NE Nome		 F3 10 400y 5 0
January 17
6:09pm CST		 Crockett TN
Alamo City Limits - 2 N Gadsden		 F3 10 100y 4 0
January 17
6:25pm CST		 Haywood/Madison TN
2 SE Eurekatown - 1 W-NW Jackson		 F3 22 400y 2 0
January 17
6:25pm CST		 Madison TN
1 E Bemis - 3 NW Beech Bluff		 F4 16 500y 106 8
January 21
4:29pm CST		 Dallas AR
5 S Princeton - 1 E-SE Bunn		 F3 11 500y 0 0
January 21
4:38pm CST		 White/Independence AR
2 SW Sunnydale - 3 SE Rosie		 F3 19 600y 2 0
January 21
4:55pm CST		 Independence AR
7 SW Oil Trough - 2 SE Cord		 F3 20 500y 3 0
January 21
5:02pm CST		 Monroe/St.Francis AR
2 E Clarendon - 4 W Hawkins		 F3 36 500y 9 0
January 21
5:05pm CST		 Clay AR
4 SE Knobel - 3 SE McDougal		 F4 16 400y 0 0
January 21
6:05pm CST		 Independence/Jackson/Lawrence AR
2 NE Oil Trough - 1 SW Clover Bend		 F3 31 400y 0 0
January 21
6:13pm CST		 Prairie AR
4 SW Hazen - 3 NW Hazen		 F3 7 400y 0 0
January 21
6:18pm CST		 Hot Spring/Grant AR
7 SE Malvern - 3 NW Poyen		 F3 11 500y 0 0
January 21
6:20pm CST		 White/Independence AR
3 N Sunnydale - 5 NE Pleasant Plains		 F3 11 200y 3 1
January 21
6:24pm CST		 Saline/Pulaski
4 S Vimy Ridge - Sherwood City Limits 		F3 22 500y 72 3
January 21
7:25pm CST		 White AR
1 SW Beebe - 1 NE McRae		 F3 8 1000y 29 2
January 21
10:00pm CST		 Tensas LA
6 SW New Light - 5 NE Tensas Bluff		 F3 14 400y 0 0
January 22
3:20am CST		 Benton TN
3 W Camden - 3 SW Faxon		 F3 15 200y 5 1
January 22
4:15am CST		 Montgomery TN
Clarksville City Limits - 4 NE Clarksville		 F3 4 800y 5 0
January 22
4:43am CST		 Humphreys TN
Near Gorman - McEwen City Limits		 F3 4 200y 1 0
February 27
3:25pm CST		 Lawrence MS
3 SW Sontag - 1 SW New Hebron		 F3 17 400y 0 0
March 2
6:55pm CST		 Jasper/Newton TX
1 NW Holly Springs - 7 NW Newton		 F3 12 500y 6 1
March 5
7:02pm CST		 Van Buren AR
2 S Scotland - Choctaw City Limits		 F3 10 300y 0 0
March 5
7:16pm CST		 Clark/Pike AR
2 SW Kirby - 5 SE Alpine		 F3 23 300y 0 0
April 3
3:51pm CST		 Shelby TX & DeSoto LA
2 SE Joaquin TX - 3 NE Logansport LA 		F3 6 100y 1 0
April 3
3:52pm CST		 Caddo/Bossier LA
2 NW Shreveport - 8 E-NE Benton		 F4 20 400y 102 7
April 3
4:58pm CST		 Claiborne LA
5 SW Athens - 4 NE Athens		 F3 9 200y 0 0
April 3
5:13pm CST		 Claiborne LA
8 S-SW Summerfield - 8 NE Summerfield		 F3 15 600y 0 0
April 8
2:54pm CDT		 Taylor/Adams/Cass/Adair IA
9 N New Market - 6 SE Casey		 F4 50 1200y 3 0
April 8
3:48pm CDT		 Union/Madison IA
4 SE Creston - 3 NW Winterset 		F4 34 1000y 1 0
April 8
4:24pm CDT		 Madison/Dallas IA
5 N-NW Winterset - 2 S-SW Adel		 F3 16 800y 0 0
April 8
4:20pm CDT		 Carroll/Chariton/Macon MO
3 W Bosworth - 2 W-NW Atlanta		 F3* 54 300y 2 0
April 8
5:18pm CDT		 Lucas/Warren/Marion/Jasper IA
4 NW Lucas - Colfax City Limits		 F3 39 200y 5 0
April 8
5:25pm CDT		 Macon/Knox MO
1 SE Atlanta - 1 SW Novelty		 F3* 17 200y 0 0
April 8
6:15pm CDT		 Davis/Wapello IA
Bloomfield City Limits - 2 NW Eldon		 F3 16 400y 0 0
April 8
6:35pm CDT		 Hancock IL
1 W Warsaw - 1 NE Hamilton		 F3 8 200y 4 0
April 9
3:00am EST		 Jennings/Ripley IN
4 SE San Jacinto - Near Olean 		F3 16 400y 2 0
April 9
5:22am CST		 Hamilton/Warren OH
Blue Ash City Limits - 1 SW Maineville		 F4 12 400y 65 4
April 14
9:52pm CDT		 Jasper/Covington/Jones MS
7 NE Collins - 7 W-NW Heidelburg		 F3 26 800y 33 1
April 15
10:20am EDT		 Dooly GA
2 SW Drayton - 5 E-NE Vienna		 F3 15 700y 28 0
May 3
5:46pm CDT		 Caddo OK
3 E Apache - 2 NE Stecker		 F3 6 100y 4 0
May 3
5:46pm CDT		 Caddo/Grady OK
2 W-SW Laverty - 3 W-NW Chickasha		 F3 9 800y 9 0
May 3
6:12pm CDT		 Grady OK
3 NW Chickasha - 4 N-NE Chickasha		 F3* 4 500y 0 0
May 3
6:23pm CDT		 Grady/McClain/Cleveland/Oklahoma OK
2 S-SW Amber - 2 W-NW Midwest City 		F5 38 1200y 583 36
May 3
8:13pm CDT		 Sumner/Sedgwick KS
4 N Wellington - NE Wichita (City Limits)		 F4 29 800y 150 6
May 3
8:41pm CDT		 Kingfisher OK
7 S Omega - 7 NW Kingfisher		 F3 12 500y 2 0
May 3
9:10pm CDT		 Kingfisher OK
4 S-SW Dover - 7 E-SE Hennessey		 F4 14 800y 6 1
May 3
9:25pm CDT		 Logan OK
3 SW Cimarron City - 1 NE Mulhall		 F4 20 1800y 14 1
May 3
10:03pm CDT		 Canadian/Kingfisher OK
1 N-NE El Reno - 8 SE KIngfisher		 F3 22 300y 0 0
May 3
10:10pm CDT		 Lincoln/Creek OK
3 N-NE Sparks - 4 NE Stroud 		F3 15 800y 7 0
May 3
10:50pm CDT		 Logan OK
3 W Crescent - 4 SW Mulhall		 F3 13 400y 0 0
May 4
12:56pm CDT		 Sequoyah/Adair OK & Crawford/Washington AR
4 W Short OK - 7 SW Fayetteville AR		 F3 36 400y 0 0
May 4
1:49pm CDT		 St.Clair MO
2 N Tiffin - 5 N Tiffin		 F3 3 200y 1 0

May 4
2:04pm CDT
 Franklin/Titus/Red River/Bowie TX &
Little River/Sevier AR
4 E Mt.Vernon TX - 2 S-SW Falls Chapel AR		 F3 72 200y 22 1
May 4
6:43pm CDT		 Columbia AR
1 SE Magnolia - 1 NW Village		 F3 9 100y 0 0
May 5
8:20pm CDT		 Perry TN
5 SW Linden - 1 NE Linden		 F4 4 1500y 50 3
May 11
6:45pm CDT		 Mason TX
9 NW Loyal Valley - 5 N Loyal Valley 		F4 4 1500y 6 1
May 11
8:20pm CDT		 Gillespie TX
3 E Harper - 5 SE Harper		 F3 4 200y 0 0
May 16
3:45pm CDT		 Harrison IA
5 N Missouri Valley - 7 NW Missouri Valley		 F3 6 200y 4 0
May 16
4:16pm CDT		 Harrison IA
3 NE Missouri Valley - 2 E Logan		 F4* 8 400y 16 2
May 31
6:47pm MDT		 Lincoln CO
6 NW Genoa - 8 NE Genoa		 F3 7 200y 0 0
June 1
4:35pm CDT		 Cherokee OK
7 W-NW Hulbert - 7 W-SW Hulbert		 F3 2 300y 5 2
June 1
5:50pm CDT		 McIntosh OK
Checotah City Limits - 5 SE Checotah		 F3 5 300y 0 0
June 1
6:20pm CDT		 Phelps MO
4 W St.James - 3 E-SE St.James 		F3 7 300y 0 0
June 1
6:58pm CDT		 Montgomery IL
6 W Raymond - 6 E-SE Farmersville 		F3 10 200y 4 1
June 1
8:06pm CDT 		Shelby IL
4 W-SW Tower Hill - 2 SW Findlay 		F3* 16 400y 4 0
June 3
7:00pm CDT		 Norton KS
4 E Norton - 6 N-NE Almena		 F3 10 600y 0 0
June 3
11:20pm CDT		 Valley NE
4 NE Comstock - 7 N Ord		 F3 14 1000y 0 0
June 6
3:20pm CDT		 Pembina ND
5 W Crystal - Mountain City Limits		 F4 8 500y 0 0
June 20
8:00pm MDT		 Fallon MT
12 N-NE Baker - 18 N Baker		 F3* 5 300y 0 0
June 22
7:53pm CDT		 Wichita KS
8 S Leoti - 12 S-SW Leoti		 F3 4 800y 0 0
October 13
5:00pm EDT		 Pickaway OH
2 W Circleville - 1 N Circleville		 F3 4 400y 6 0
December 9
6:36pm CST		 Yazoo MS
1 E-NE Bentonia - 7 NE Bentonia 		F3 6 400y 1 0
 

Top 5 Most Violent Tornadoes - 1999

Date Tornado "Name" Intensity PL PW  
1) May 3 Bridge Creek - Moore - OKC  OK F5 38 1200y 583 inj. & 36 fat.
2) May 3 Mulhall OK F4 28 1800y 14 inj. & 1 fat.
3) Jan. 17 Jackson TN F4 16 500y 106 inj. & 8 fat.
4) April 3 Benton LA F4 20 400y 102 inj. & 7 fat.
5) May 3 Haysville - Wichita KS F4 29 800y 150 inj. & 6 fat.


Towns/Cities Directly Impacted By F3-F5 Tornadoes 
Date City/Town County/Parish/State Intensity Fatalities
January 1 Nome Jefferson TX F3 0
January 17 Alamo Crockett TN F3 0
January 17 Jackson Madison TN F4 8
January 21 Holly Springs White AR F3 0
January 21 Oil Trough Independence AR F3 0
January 21 Wheatley  St. Francis AR F3 0
January 21 Little Rock Pulaski AR F3 2
January 21 North Little Rock Pulaski AR F3 1
January 21 Sherwood Pulaski AR F3 0
January 21 Beebe White AR F3 2
January 21 McRae White AR F3 0
January 22 Clarksville Montgomery TN F3 0
January 22 McEwen Humphreys TN F3 0
March 2 Holly Springs Jasper TX F3 1
March 5 Culpepper Van Buren AR F3 0
March 5 Choctaw Van Buren AR F3 0
April 3 Benton Bossier LA F4 7
April 8 Colfax Jasper IA F3 0
April 8 Hamilton Hancock IL F3 0
April 9 Blue Ash Hamilton OH F4 0
April 9 Montgomery Hamilton OH F4 2
April 9 Symmes Hamilton OH F4 0
April 9 Loveland Hamilton OH F4 1
April 15 Drayton Dooly GA F3 0
May 3 Bridge Creek Grady OK F5 12
May 3 Newcastle McClain OK F5 0
May 3 Moore Cleveland OK F5 4
May 3 Oklahoma City (S) Oklahoma OK F5 13
May 3 Midwest City Oklahoma OK F5 2
May 3 Tinker AFB Oklahoma OK F5 0
May 3 Del City Oklahoma OK F5 5
May 3 Haysville Sedgwick KS F4 4
May 3 Wichita  Sedgwick KS F4 2
May 3 Dover Kingfisher OK F4 1
May 3 Mulhall Logan OK F4 0
May 3 Davenport Lincoln OK F3 0
May 3 Stroud Lincoln OK F3 0
May 4 De Kalb Bowie TX F3 0
May 5 Linden Perry TN F3 3
June 1 St. James Phelps MO F3 0
June 1 Checotah  McIntosh OK F3 0
June 6 Mountain Pembina ND F4 0


Strong/Violent Tornadoes By State - 1999

State Total F3 F4 F5
Arkansas 16 15 1 0
Oklahoma 13 10 2 1
Iowa 7 4 3 0
Tennessee 7 5 2 0
Texas 6 5 1 0
Louisiana 5 4 1 0
Kansas 3 2 1 0
Mississippi 3 3 0 0
Missouri 3 3 0 0
Illinois 3 3 0 0
Ohio 2 1 1 0
North Dakota 1 0 1 0
Nebraska 1 1 0 0
Colorado 1 1 0 0
Indiana 1 1 0 0
Georgia 1 1 0 0
Montana 1 1 0 0
1999 Total 71 58 12 1

*1999 State Border Crossing Tornadoes: 
April 3 Texas/Louisiana F3
May 4 Oklahoma/Arkansas F3
May 4 Texas/Arkansas F3

 

Past Tornado Information Links:
NCDC Storm Data Information
Tornado Project (Tom Grazulis)
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